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November 8, 2006
Despite Accusations, Hevesi Is Re-elected New York’s Comptroller
The NY Times
By Diane Cardwell
The Times's coverage of yesterday's win by the disgraced State Comptroller Alan Hevesi included this odd bit:
Mr. Hevesi has been displaying growing defiance of his party’s wishes in recent days that he amplified in his victory speech. In a commercial that began running late last week, he made a direct appeal to voters to forgive him for his “stupid mistake” of using the state employee, and he accused “some politicians” of wanting “to stampede me out of office.”
Mr. Hevesi concluded by telling voters that if they kept him in office, he would, “owe you everything, and those politicians nothing.”
NoLandGrab: Though the guy is toast, it is notable that it takes an ethics scandal for a politician to owe the voters "everthing, and those politicians nothing."
Posted by lumi at November 8, 2006 7:46 AM